I was recently reminded of the differences in British English and American English. Usually I am complimented for not sounding "American" (which I take to mean, I don't have a really obvious, twangy, ear-piercing accent), but this past week my vocabulary has failed me.
The two culprits?
1) My inability to pronounce the 'h' in some words. For example- honest, herb (I really get made fun of for 'erb)
2) Autumn vs. Fall- over here the season is not fall, it is autumn, and I have been reminded a few times of that. I can only assume they do this because they don't want me to forget that over here leaves do not turn wonderful colors and FALL off trees into great big crunchy piles.
So autumn it is ;)
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